Bow tie



A. KIMMEL Oct. 18, 1927.

BOW TIE Filed May 24. 1926 2 shame I I ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES ABRAHAM KIMMEL, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOW TIE.

Application filed May 24,

1 My invention relates to a bow tie and involves the use of fastener elements to hold the knot and wings of the tie in fastened position.

'5 The general object of the invention 1n one phase is to provide a bow tie, the wings of which may be formed in one piece and 1t has for its object besides to provide material for the knot to be wrapped about the material forming the wings and then secured in a manner to hold the parts of the tie in fastened position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specify cation, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the str pfrom which the integral wings of the bow tie are formed; A v I Figure 2 is a view of the strip shown 1n Figure 1 but folded ready for receiving the .knot and fastening means;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the wings and the material for the forming of the knot as well as the fastening elements and the neckband Figure 5 is a front view of the tie with part of the neokband broken out; A

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the tie in the operation of forming the knot, part being broken away.

Figure 7 is a rear view of the bow tie before the final wrapping of the portion forming the knot.

The wings are formed from a strip as shown in Figure 1 of wave-line edges forming alternately widened portions 10, narrow intermediate portions 11, and narrow end terminal members 12. The numeral 13 indicates the fold lines at the wide portions of the strip and the numeral 14 the folding lines of the narrow portion of the strip, whereby the strip may be folded into the form shown in Figure 2 in which it will be seen the double wings designated 15 are formed integral with each other and united by the narrow portions 11.

As seen in Figure 3, the edges at 16 are 1926. Serial No. 111,361.

folded over at the back of the strip toprevent'raw edges at the top and bottom.

The portion of the tie representing the knot of a bow strip is formed of a strip 17 of usually the same fabric as that forming the wings 15 and the wide and narrow portions 10 and 11 of the strip shown in Figures 1 and 2. The strip of fabric 17 has a metallic strip 18 and this forms one member of a fastening element as shown in Fig ure 6 by wrapping said strip 18 about the folded narrow portion 11 of the strip and fastened at the region of the knot 117. The

strip 18 is formed into loops to hold the central portions of the tie or narrow zones 11 and the strip 18 forms a fastener element to coact with a terminal fastener element 20 on strip 17 The strip 18 is fastened to the narrow portions 11 of the wing material -as at 21 and is then bent into the form shown in Figure 6 or equivalent form to tightly hold the folded member shown in Figure 2 together. The strip 17 is wrapped about the central portion of the tie to form the knot and the terminal member 20 is passed sidewise beneath the knot and engaged with the loop 19. i

The same fastener elements 21 that secure the metal strip 18 to the tie secures also an end of the neckband 22 having a hook 23 at one end and a loop 21 at the other end.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: p

A bow tie having wings and a knot, and an intermediate portion integral with the wings, a metal strip affixed to said intermediate portion of the tie, knot-forming material attached to said metal strip, and a fastener element carried by said knot-forming material at the end thereof, said metal strip being formed into a fastener member engageable by the fastener element on the knot-forming material.

ABRAHAM KIMMEL. 

